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PLM Evaluation Center
May 17, 2008
Today's usage of Decision Support Systems (DSS), combined with vetted PLM knowledge bases, allows organizations to save time and money, achieving better and more reliable/fully-documented decisions, a quantum improvement over the widely-used subjective process of selecting complex enterprise software...
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Can ERP Speak PLM? (4 Pages)
by Jim Brown
Aug 1, 2003
Abstract : Vendor hype about Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has many manufacturers confused about whether they should look for a ''best of breed'' PLM solution or evaluate PLM solutions from their ERP vendors. All things being equal, most companies would prefer to have fewer software vendors. This has some people asking whether their ERP vendor can support their PLM initiatives, or in other words, ''Can ERP Speak PLM?''
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The Many Faces of PLM Part Two: The Future of the PLM Suite (6 Pages)
by Jim Brown
Dec 30, 2003
Abstract : The future of the PLM Suite will include more applications that cover product-related functionality and further expand the benefits available. As the PLM Suite matures, companies will benefit from increased functionality and increased integration between business processes. The ultimate expression of this more mature solution will result in a broad suite of focused, integrated applications that leverage a core of unified, structured product data - the PLM Platform.
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If There's One Thing CRM Tells Us: Don't Do PLM the Same Way (5 Pages)
by David Smith
Jun 21, 2004
Abstract : Product lifecycle management (PLM) doesn't work, but it should. Fundamentally, the idea that we can design better products and bring them to market more quickly by leveraging the knowledge and experience in our own value chain and our customers and suppliers, is a sound one. It's just that buying PLM doesn't always allow that leverage. Industry's general approach and attitude to PLM very much mimics the early days of the customer relationship management (CRM) adoption, and there are lessons abound from that experience that should help when tackling the 'ifs' and 'hows' of PLM investment.
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Selecting a PLM Vendor (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic & Jim Brown
Oct 17, 2003
Abstract : A product lifecycle management (PLM) strategy is a must for enterprises that live or die on the suitability, timeliness, quality, and sustainability of the products they bring to market. To that end, PLM has become a proven tool in increasing competitiveness amid the increased tendency to subcontract design and engineering tasks, to rush-deliver a variety of merchandise to market for satisfying ever-changing consumer demand, and amid the increase of custom-made products. Hence, the enterprises that consider product development a core competency should investigate PLM immediately to maintain their leadership in this area. Other companies should see PLM as a necessary requirement to maintain parity with competitors.
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Oracle Announces a Database Fire Sale (3 Pages)
by M. Reed
Dec 22, 1999
Abstract : On December 16, Oracle Corporation announced lower software and support prices for the Oracle8i database. Specifically, the price of Oracle8i Standard Edition was lowered 40% from $25 per power unit to $15 per power unit, while Oracle8i Enterprise Edition was cut 50% from $200 per power unit to $100 per power unit.
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If There's One Thing CRM Tells Us: Don't Do PLM the Same Way (5 Pages)
by David Smith
Nov 25, 2005
Abstract : Product lifecycle management (PLM) doesn't work, but it should. Industry's general approach and attitude to PLM mimics the early days of customer relationship management (CRM) adoption, and lessons from that experience should help when tackling the 'ifs' and 'hows' of PLM investment.
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Can ERP Speak PLM? Part Two: Examples and Recommendations (5 Pages)
by Jim Brown
Aug 2, 2003
Abstract : Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions have to work with many other systems, not just ERP, so integration is not a new issue for PLM vendors. Most PLM vendors recognize the need for integration and have addressed the need in their toolkits. The additional work comes from integrating the concepts and semantics of one system to the next, if this business level integration has not already been provided between the two systems. This can be a big challenge for best of breed vendors, who may need to rely on systems integrators for much of this conceptual and semantic integration.
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How One Vendor Parlays Price Variation into Profit Improvement Opportunities (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jun 8, 2007
Abstract : Rather than sticking to such outdated and speculative pricing practices as 'cost plus' or 'meet competition,' Zilliant suggests companies leverage data to determine how market price response varies, and use this holistic measure of price sensitivity to optimize pricing.
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So What's the Bottom Line on Price Segmentation? (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
May 28, 2007
Abstract : Data-driven, science-based price management is an emerging market. Therefore, vendors should be made to prove whether and how they can enable a company to achieve and measure margin lift, or return on investment, of their price management applications.
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